Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday left intact a lower court decision that blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new regulations for mail voting, rejecting the Trump administration’s effort to move forward with the rules in the run-up to the November midterm elections. The court’s decision keeps implementation of the Postal Service’s requirements,…
President Trump on Monday nominated Kimberly Greenwood, the wife of “God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood, to serve as ambassador to Barbados and several other Caribbean countries. Kimberly Greenwood’s nomination was sent to the Senate along with dozens of other nominations for judgeships, ambassadorships and administration officials. She was tasked to serve as ambassador…
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was seen in Washington, D.C., on Monday, for the first time since June. Ed O’Keefe reports. Source link
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog is sharply criticizing conditions at the Florida immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” finding that detainees at the now-closed facility were held in “cramped conditions” — in dozens of cases, people were held for up to two hours in 18-square-foot enclosures. The DHS Office of Inspector General issued…
Kansas City, Missouri — Attorney General Todd Blanche vowed that the federal government will continue releasing records related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, doubling down on U.S. assertions that documents still being withheld are not being kept secret to protect Saudi Arabia or any other government. “The one thing that we are not…
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to repeal rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action that Administrator Lee Zeldin has said would remove billions of dollars in costs for the industry and help “unleash” American energy. The rule change, proposed last year, could be…
Kansas City, Missouri — Vice President JD Vance announced Monday the Trump administration will suspend roughly 870,000 people suspected of defrauding pandemic-era small business programs from receiving future federal loans. The vice president contended that borrowers who stole taxpayer money should no longer be eligible to receive loans from government-backed programs. “If you screwed the…
The House is slated to recess at the end of this week through early November, but a group of House Democrats is calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to delay that recess until lawmakers pass AI safeguards. “Reasonable minds may disagree about precisely how Congress should regulate this rapidly evolving technology. We cannot disagree about the…
On the edge of NATO territory in the Baltics, there is growing concern about the threat Russia poses. Aaron MacLean visited the capital of Lithuania to see how they’re preparing. Source link
It was mid-August at the bar inside the plush Ritz-Carlton hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia, just outside Washington, and Jack Burkman and his business partner Jacob Wohl were making their latest sales pitch. They were seated at a table with Ammon Covino, a convicted felon, and his wife, Crystal. “With this particular White House,…
